Paul Levitz Talks Diversity, Surreality & Mythology in "Doctor Fate"

posted on: Jun 18, 2015

Over his decades at DC Comics, Paul Levitz has gone from writer to publisher and back again. And while he’s been contributing stories to the DC Universe since the launch of the New 52, he feels a change in the incoming “Doctor Fate.”

“I think it’s the best thing I’ve done since I came back to writing,” Levtiz told CBR News about the new series launching this Wednesday, June 17, with artist Sonny Liew. The series reenvisions the frequently white, square-jawed Golden Age hero Kent Nelson as Khalid Nassour — an Egyptian-American medical student torn not only by two cultures but also by the powers of Nabu that are thrust upon him as the gods imperil earth.

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The new take on the character, which DC previewed last month via an eight-page Sneak Peek, explores the DCU from a number of new angles, and Levitz explained that “Doctor Fate” is about expanding the kind of story told in the publisher’s superhero line. From the character’s diverse background to his life as a neophyte healer and from Liew’s take on Ditko-esque surreality to a modernized take on the Egyptian gods, this Doctor Fate is looking to reshape the world.

Source: www.comicbookresources.com